Senior Planner, Investment Planning and Management

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National Grid is seeking a Senior Investment Planner for our Electric Long-Term Investment Planning & Resource Strategy Team in Buffalo, Syracuse, or Albany, NY.

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Job Purpose

Develop and manage Long-Term Distribution Capital Investment plan aligned to company, state, and regulatory ambitions. Work with key stakeholders to ensure the plan is executable through strategic risk identification and mitigation.

Key Accountabilities

• Work closely with Asset Management, Resource Planning, Project Management, Regulatory and Finance to develop and maintain long-term investment plans.
• Understand and articulate how investment plans align to strategic priorities and asset management strategies.
• Ensure plans and underlying projects are executable through cashflow and schedule analysis, work in tandem with long-term resource planning counterparts to ensure we have appropriate resource strategy to meet plan demands.
• Develop underlying 5-year Capital Investment Plan and support filing.
• Develop multiple scenarios for 10-year Strategic Business Planning Process, articulate outcomes, benefits, and delivery risks. Develop and deliver business plan presentations to Snr. Mgmt. and Electric Business Unit
• Facilitate project, blanket, and program initiation and sanctioning/DoA.
• Understand and apply operative Regulatory agreements and support regulatory filings including, but not limited, to quarterly capex reports.

 

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

• Analytical Thinking: After analyzing data, has ability to see multiple relationships, identifying several likely causes or consequences of a situation.
• Impact and Influence: Uses direct persuasion to influence others, using basic data, logic or a solid business case.
• Conceptual Thinking: Sees patterns or trends in data or situations, notices when something is similar to a past situation.
• Customer Orientation: Takes personal responsibility for correcting problems promptly and not defensively.  Communicates customer expectations to monitor delivery and satisfaction.
• Information Seeking: Establishes the facts by digging deeper, asking probing questions and challenging initial responses from different sources.
• Attention to Detail: Reviews accuracy of own work and checks that all details are completed.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree plus a minimum of three years’ experience in a professional finance, business or engineering field or equivalent experience
• High level of numerical reasoning ability and understanding of statistical techniques and systems
• Technical/Professional qualification with theoretical knowledge and understanding of National Grid’s policies and processes and how to apply them effectively.
• Strong analytical skills and an understanding of basic utility accounting, finance, and regulatory principles.
• Proven expertise in the design and delivery of statistical modeling techniques to analyze the impact of technical and supply/demand changes on processes and plans.
• Strong interpersonal skills including negotiations and communications along with the ability to influence key stakeholders and lead a group even where the role holder has no direct authority.
• Thorough grasp of the jurisdictional model and applicable Regulatory/rate agreements.
• Understanding of life cycles of large projects vs. small projects.
• Ability to interpret information and analyze relationships among several parts of a problem or situation to clearly articulate findings, anticipate obstacles and plan next steps.
• Proficient in relevant software e.g. Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

 

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Salary

$86,000 - $101,000 a year

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

 

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